Satyajit Ray Org

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Satyajit Ray is an extraordinary filmmaker with a long and illustrious career who has had a profound influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world.

George Lucas
Film Producer/Screenwriter, 1991

Satyajit Ray Org has a mission of promoting discussion and study of Satyajit Ray's films and filmmaking.

Satyajit Ray (1921-1992), an Indian filmmaker and among the dozen or so great masters of world cinema, is known for his humanistic approach to cinema. He made his films in Bengali, a language spoken in West Bengal, the eastern state of India, and Bangladesh. In 1992, Satyajit Ray received the honorary Academy Award ©A.M.P.A.S. ® - Lifetime Achievement.

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Biography
	Growing up
	At Shantiniketan
	Advertising & Graphic Design
	Calcutta Film Society
	Encounter With Jean Renoir
	'Bicycle Thieves' Effect
	Making of Pather Panchali
	Triumph of Pather Panchali
	A Film a Year
	Ray's Literary Career
	Final Offerings